The recent increase in the number of crimes against women and female children has reignited the debate on the control over Delhi police. The capital’s chief minister, Arvind Kejriwal, is likely to meet the Lieutenant Governor, Najeeb Jung, later today to discuss the law and order.

Kejriwal on Saturday asked PM Modi to hand over the control of Delhi police to the elected government at least for a year.

Delhi, in recent years has acquired the status of being the rape capital of India. According to the National Crime Record Bureau data, Delhi, where the police is under the control of the central government, it registered the most number of rapes in 2014. Total number of rapes reported here was 2096 while the number of sexual offences committed under the IPS was 7849 in 2014.